hello race fans,

well it’s been a very busy off season, so busy it seems we have had no time off at all! we just recently attended the MMPI West www.mmpiwest.com BUILDEX trade show, held in calgary on behalf of all our advertisers and it was a huge success. we have also started to plan the trade show and promotion schedule for 2010 and we will be busy in 2010 to be sure.

now to the headline………

2 cars are better than one! well that could be debated but we are about to find out. robertshaw racing entered into a purchase agreement back in october last year, to acquire a PRO FORMULA MAZDA race car with all the bells and whistles to compete in the STAR MAZDA PRO RACING SERIES www.starmazda.com. go to the site, check out the video of the opening lap from the Sebring race from last year, that will give you a good idea of just how fast these cars are. we are trying to get into the series, whether we do or not is yet to be seen but regardless we now have a two car race team, the formula continental as posted on the web site and the soon to be posted pro formula mazda.

the mazda is a 2006 model year with current 2010 specifications. it’s a carbon race car complete with no lift shift, traction control, fuel management system to name just a few of the car features. the car is much faster and quicker than the continental car but it needs a ton of work. you see the car was represented to be in “race ready condition” but it definately was not, in fact i was shocked to see the state the car was in when it was delivered to us at the montana border. this was such a hassle just getting the car to the border we said screw it, take the car, get it back to calgary and sort it out with the vendor. well  i have to tell you, the vendor, mike hacquard from langley / whiterock bc has been a real stand up guy, a real champion in so far as the state the car was delivered versus what he thought he was selling. i look forward to reporting a favourable outcome when the dust settles.

in other news you may remember we had an advertiser who developed luekemia and i am happy to report that thankfully it looks like he is in remission following a gruelling treatment regime , our thoughts, prayers and good wishes will continue for him and his family.

so that’s about all i can reveal for now but rest assured we have alot more things to share with you once we finalise all the details.

as usual, we cannot thank all of our advertisers enough for the support you have given us over the past 2 years. i hope to continue to serve you and your business’ well in 2010 and beyond. thank you, thank you so much, we couldn’t do this without you.

an additional bonus for the 2010 season is that all advertisers on the car now, who renew for the 2010 season will be given additional signage on the second car at no extra cost so really it does appear that 2 cars are better than one! we are in discussions with a few new advertiser’s currently and i look forward to announcing their participation soon and the complete advertiser line up for 2010.

we are also launching a new program this year and if you go to the site navigation bar you will see the addition of the “ARRIVE AND DRIVE RACING EXPERIENCE” and when we aren’t promoting your business, testing or racing, the  fc car will be rented out to qualified drivers so a busy season coming our way for sure.

more very positive news is in the works and i can’t wait to share it with you but a few more loose ends need to be tied up before we announce.

blairica